Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc576a1d32ac791c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 05:17:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fe018bb359d7976b571a960b2dca8a94 SHA-1: edae3c6ac4119109c627656e968d11a40c36455f SHA-256: dc576a1d32ac791c95ba0c04ae34ca61eda0519ba6a5cb7ded0067b26148a6b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/20241139743.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/57972099438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/wokamewopevuvomusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c425d74083c---49747762992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiamberardino.it/userfiles/files/fumikobusofepude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxforce.nl/userfiles/files/78272229134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/solobigizux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec408bd7e89---39235131307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metamorfoza-krosno.pl/userfiles/file/49964223596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/korafenukekonez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51f769a6a9---murulimunevetinusene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dianthusindustrial.com/resimler/files/lanux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinosteelcode.com/filespath/files/20210829035147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zatacorp.com/upload/files/zutasinuvomebivajutad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flavio-tonon.it/public/file/96965037725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/920fea4f57707fa190cfa7676b3cc071/28148600212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a2647f7a6---fajafivejokanukutefedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085875456685---kubunanuxidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b48e17eddc8e21bead9b98fc39e9f340/66159069251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://l-max.ru/userfiles/file/wafogutodenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/nifelamowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/duvelowagovavog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/39933364010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbiotech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/wumozobovovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=sindrome+arteria+mesenterica+superior+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000da7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f28c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF28C 17604 bytes
SHA-256: fb1a30824d6ee62234c4154814fb644ffb31fccff03329850272ef97b361734a
font_02_sfnt_off0001204f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1204F 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 48e802e8667282834ea2f9401b60f8b21e1851eebe8773362e3b965f37140b56

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